From:	"Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject:	Hardsuits
Date:	Sat, 23 May 1998 23:23:10 -0300

Danyel N Woods escreveu:
>
> Quoth MgkellyMP5 (0922 21-5-98):
>
> >Reminds me of an article I saw in Shadowland a couple years ago about
> Acers.
> >It was an Armor Control Rig allowing a character to use a set of power
> armor
> >(and it was damn expensive, but real effective). I let a character in
> one of
> >my games have an ACR as a field test and it worked out pretty well.
> It's sort
> >of like jacking into a Antropoid drones, in a way. It just gives you
> more
> >control and better performance. Also, there wasn't any way for a Rigger
> to use
> >a set of Acer armor, or for and Acer to rig vehicles.
> >I'll try to dig the issue out if anyone wants more specifics.
>
> Please do search out that article, mister Machine-Gun. Power-armour
> might be interesting, if only for curiosity's sake; it'd certainly
> explain how people can actually function in Military-grade armour that
> weighs what, 20+ kilos by itself? Between that and the other gear
> they'd have to pack, power-armour would be about the only way they could
> *move*!
>

If you want another view on the power-armor stuff, I have a
file with an adaptation of the fabled Hardsuits from Bubblegum Crisis to
Sr2. No Acer needed :) . If anyone wants this, send me mail in private
and I'll
send it directly.

Ubiratan